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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre

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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 12h
Cultists, we’re back with the 2nd of our Bonus episodes Dissecting DGG's Halloween trilogy. This ep Halloween Kills goes on the Exam Table. Picking up from the end of the previous film, & ratcheting up the gore. It's an ambitious middle chapter for the series. Please join us for the Dissection.
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cultists, Spooky Season is in full effect and we've got 2 classics celebrating their 25th anniversaries to go on the Exam Table. 1st up GDT's The Devil's Backbone. This ghost story was only del Toro's 3rd film but his signature style had already become apparent. Please join us for the dissection.
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Cultists, it's time again for some Spooky Season bonus episodes! & in the spirit season we're going to be putting David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy on the Exam Table. Halloween is both a direct sequel the original film as well as a reboot of the Franchise. Please join us for the Dissection
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Cultists, Ana Lily Amirpour's “Iranian Vampire Western” A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, is frequently mentioned in the same breath as Let The Right One In. So it felt like the obvious next film for your Horror Hosts to put on the Exam Table. Please join us for the Dissection
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Cultists, we've been looking for a reason to put Tomas Alfredson's Let The Right One In on the exam table for a long time, so we're just going to do it. Based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s book it was an instant Cult Classic and has spawned various other adaptations. Please join us for the Dissection
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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
40 years ago... THE FLY
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Cultists, it's the 40th anniversary of David Cronenberg's Body Horror classic, The Fly. Routinely ranked among the greatest Horror Movies of all time, it's the rare Re-Make that has eclipsed its source material. Are you afraid to jump into the Plasma Pool? Or will you join us for the Dissection?
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Cultists, it's the 40th Anniversary of Cronenberg's The Fly. Before we put that classic on the Exam Table, we're 1st going to look at the 58 film. Shot in CinemaScope & starring Vincent Price. It's been overshadowed by its remake, but worth your consideration. Please join us for the Dissection.
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Cultists, we’re back with another Werewolf Wednesday episode! This time it's Neil Marshall’s Dog Soldiers going on the exam table. It's often described as Predator meets the Howling, and while that's accurate it may undersell it. Please join us for the Dissection #dogsoldiers #neilmarshall
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Cultists, It's Werewolf Wednesdays! So we're putting Hammer’s contribution to the genre on Exam Table, The Curse Of The Werewolf. Based on Guy Endore’s novel The Werewolf of Paris, but moving the action to Spain to make use of existing sets. Please join us for the Dissection. New Episode Out Today!
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Cultists, let's extend our vampire theme 1 more ep and catch up with a Dracula adaptation from last year. Luc Besson's Dracula, is more of an adaptation of Coppola's Dracula than it is of Stoker’s Novel but it does have some pretty unique takes on lore as well. Please join us for the Dissection
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Cultists Abigail isn't a “Remake” of Dracula’s Daughter. To call it a “Reimagining” would even feel like a stretch. Instead it takes just the core concept of Dracula having a daughter and builds a blood splattered “Monster In The House” action comedy from it. Please join us for the Dissection
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Cultists, there are few female Monsters in the Universal canon &, Countess Zaleska can get overlooked. Dracula's Daughter introduced many tropes to the vampire mythos and was quite subversive for the Hayes Code era. In honor of the film’s 90th anniversary, we're putting it on the Exam Table.
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Hard to believe it, Cultists but The Craft is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year! Perfect excuse for your Horror Hosts to finally put the Cult Classic Teen Horror on the Exam Table. Please join us for the Dissection. #thecraft #andrewfleming #fairuzabalk #nevecampbell #robintunney
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Cultists, after the success of Frankenstein & Dracula, Universal decided ‘if you can't beat them, join them’ and entered into a partnership with Hammer. 1st film in that collaboration was '59’s The Mummy. Not a remake, more of a Greatest Hits of the franchise. Please join us for the Dissection
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Cultists, eager to keep their hit streak going, Universal released The Mummy in '32. Bringing back Frankenstein star Boris Karloff, and with Dracula's cinematographer in the director's chair. The film capitalized on an Egyptian craze in the era, and spawned one of horror’s most enduring franchises.
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Cultists, we've been inspired by the release of The Bride! to put Frank Roddam's film of the same name on the Exam Table. Taking 35’s Bride Of Frankenstein as a jumping off point. The film reimagines The Monster and Bride as star crossed lovers to mixed results. Please join us for the Dissection.
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Cultists, your Horror Hosts are heading back to Castle Frankenstein. In the late 1950’s Horror had largely moved away from Gothic period pieces and on to Alien Invaders and Atomic Monsters. Terence Fisher's The Curse Of Frankenstein brought the Gothic back, this time in glorious Eastman Color.
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Cultists, there's a handful of remakes that eclipse the original in the public consciousness. Kaufman's Invasion Of The Body Snatchers is one of those. Moving the setting into SF and giving it the vibe of a paranoid thriller. It has some of the most iconic images of '70s cinema.
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Cultists, it's the 70th anniversary of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers. Something about the B-Movie captured the zeitgeist of the era, and it became a cult classic after its reassessment by the cinephile crowd. So seems like a good time to put it on the Exam Table. Please join us for the Dissection.
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
We’ve been on a bit of Western/Horror kick lately, and in that genre one film has been repeatedly recommended by the Cultists, S. Craig Zahler’s Bone Tomahawk. The 2015 Cult Classic is part Revisionist Western and part Cannibal Horror, so we didn't take much convincing to put it in the Exam Table.
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Happy New Year, Cultists! We're putting Noah Hawley’s Alien:Earth on the Exam Table. Hawley has a knack for taking classic films and expanding on their themes to make great television. Also this Ep in lieu of theVault Of Darkness segment, N&D will be running down their Year End Favorites of 2025!
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Cultists, we aren't done with The Overlook Hotel yet or maybe it's not done with us. With 2019’s Doctor Sleep, Mike Flanagan attempted the impossible, reconciling King's vision of The Shining with Kubrick’s & sequalizing both. Was he successful? Please join us for the Dissection. #doctorsleep
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Cultists, The Shining is 45 years old this year. So it's time for your Horror Hosts to head up to The Overlook Hotel and put Kubrick's psychological horror masterpiece on the Exam Table. Hopefully we don't get snowed in. #theshining #theshiningmovie #stanleykubrick #stephenking #jacknicholson
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Cultists. Gothic Horror maestro Guillermo del Toro’s long awaited adaptation of Frankenstein has dropped and your Horror Hosts put it on the Exam Table. GDT has assembled a monster film, taking elements from the most iconic versions of the story and filtering them through his own sensibility.
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Well Cultists, this month sees the release of Edgar Wright’s adaptation of The Running Man by Stephen King, & you know your Horror Hosts won't pass up an excuse to throw a Schwarzenegger film on the Exam Table, so this ep we'll be looking at the 87 adaptation. Please join us for the Dissection
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Cultists, 5 years after the previous entry in the series, Universal convinced Karloff to return for 1 last outing as the monster. Minus Whale’s subversive edge but with star Bela Lugosi & future star Basil Rathbone, Son Of Frankenstein marked a turning point in the Universal Horror Series.
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Cultists, whenever 1 of our favorite franchises comes out with a new instalment, your Horror Hosts like to look back at the original. So this ep John McTiernan's Predator will be going on the Exam Table, in anticipation of Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands. Please join us for the Dissection.
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Cultists, The Monster Demands a Mate! Coming four years after the original, Bride Of Frankenstein arrived in a very different cinematic landscape than its predecessor. Karloff was now a Star, James Whale had more creative control, and there was the Hays Code to contend with. #brideoffrankenstein
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Stapled Spine Horror Fanzine @stapled-spine-zine.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
She's ALIVE!!!! Now in our shop Stapled Spine 30! #HorrOregon #Hallowzine #pdxzines #fanzine #horror #brideoffrankenstein
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Cultists, it's the 25th anniversary of Canadian Cult Classic Teen Werewolf movie Ginger Snaps! Seems like a perfect excuse for your Horror Hosts to finally put it on the Exam Table. Please join us for the Dissection. #gingersnaps #gingersnaps2000 #gingersnaps2unleashed #gingersnapsback
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Cultists, as promised we're bringing you Bonus Episodes for Spooky Season! In anticipation of del Toro’s new adaptation, your Horror Hosts are putting the Universal Studios Frankenstein films on the Exam Table. Starting with Whale’s 1931 Gothic Horror masterpiece. Please join us for the Dissection.
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Cultists, your Horror Hosts are kicking off Spooky Season by putting Toyoo Ashida's Cult Classic anime, Vampire Hunter D on the Exam Table. Adapting the 1st vol of Hideyuki Kikuchi’s popular novel series, the seminal OVA is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Please join us for the Dissection
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Cultists, it's been 30 years since David Fincher's Se7en first shocked and disturbed audiences. Blurring the line between crime thriller and psychological horror, the film remains incredibly influential to this day. Please join us for the Dissection. #se7en #seven #se7enmovie #davidfincher
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Cultists, despite being underwhelmed on their 1st visit, we are returning to Salem’s Lot. This ep the '24 adaptation of King’s novel will be going on the Exam Table. Released on Max & preceding Nosferatu by only 2 months this film may have slipped by you. Please join us for the Dissection
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Cultists, continuing the Sinners theme. Another of the film’s oft cited influences is Salem's Lot. Adapted as a TV movie by Tobe Hooper, this Gothic Horror scarred the kids that grew up with it on tv, and gave us one of the ‘70s most iconic vampires Kurt Barlow. Please join us for the Dissection
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Cultists, Sinners is a film that wore its influences on its sleeve. One obvious influence was 90s Cult Classic From Dusk Till Dawn. The film kicked off a series of collaborations between directors Rodriguez & Tarantino, but does it have more than superficial similarities to Sinners?
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Cultists, because you demanded it your Horror Hosts are finally putting Ryan Coogler's Sinners on the exam table. This genre defying Vampire film has held online film discourse by the jugular since its release in April & continues to do so. Please join us for the Dissection. #sinners #ryancoogler
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Cultists, your Hosts have opted to skip 28 Weeks, & jump directly to Boyle return to the franchise: 28 Years Later. Nearly three decades after the og, it's an ambitious follow-up with big tonal shifts & big thematic swings so it will be an interesting discussion. Please join us for the dissection.
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Cultists, in '02 Danny Boyle and Alex Garland dropped 28 Days Later & ignited a new Zombie craze that's still ongoing. This month they're returning to that world they created so your Horror Hosts are going back to where the Rage Virus Infection first began. Please join us for the Dissection.
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Cultists, we hope you didn't think it'd be safe to go back in the water. Because it's the 50th anniversary of Jaws. This ep, we’re putting Steven Spielberg's OG Blockbuster on the Exam Table. Please join us for the Dissection. #jaws #stevenspielberg #spielberg #royscheider #robertshaw
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Friday The 13th? A hulking hockey masked machete wielding ghoul stalking teens around a summer camp, right? Wrong, in Cunningham’s original '80 Slasher, very little of that iconography was in place yet. For its 45th anniversary we're putting Friday The 13th on the Exam Table. Please join us
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Cultists, your Horror Hosts are finally putting an Alfred Hitchcock film on the Exam Table, his Proto-Slasher, Psycho. The boundary pushing film is celebrating its 65th anniversary and it continues to be influential to this day. Please join us for the Dissection. #psycho #alfredhitchcock
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Cultists, this ep your Horror Hosts are again returning to Y2K for another Cult Classic celebrating its 25th anniversary, American Psycho. The Neo-Noir Quasi-Slasher that generated countless memes, and propelled Christian Bale into Superstardom. Please join us for the Dissection. #americanpsycho
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Cultists, a number of films are celebrating anniversaries in '25 So we are using that as an excuse to revisit some. 1st up the film that introduced most of the world to Chris Nolan, Memento. The Neo-Noir was an instant Cult Classic and has become a Classic Classic. Please join us for the Dissection
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Cultists, N&D have escaped from the Black Lodge just in time to bring you the fourth and final instalment of our series Dissecting Twin Peaks. This episode your Horror Hosts are putting the 2017 Limited Event Series, Twin Peaks: The Return on the Exam Table. Please join us for the Dissection.
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Cultists, we're back with the 3rd in our Twin Peaks series. This ep your Hosts will be putting Lynch's controversial film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, on the exam table. A critical & commercial disappointment upon release, it has been reappraised in recent years but remains a challenging film.
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
We're back with the 2nd of our Dissections of Twin Peaks. This ep we're looking at S2. Notoriously the 2nd season struggled, with studio interference, friction between the creators, plus a ballooning cast and ep count. & yet still S2 produced some of the series most iconic moments. Please join us
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Cultists, on 1/20/25 just 5 days short of his birthday the world lost David Lynch. A true auteur, Lynch was someone we held in high esteem at NSC. In response we will be putting the show that was the gateway to Lynch for so many, #TwinPeaks on the Exam Table. Please join us for the Dissection
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Nightshade Cult; A Podcast Macabre @nightshadecult.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Cultists, there's a new Wolf Man releasing this weekend. So it's time for your Horror Host’s to put george waGGner's '41 classic on the Exam Table. This was not Universal’s 1st Werewolf film but it is their most iconic. Please join us for the Dissection #thewolfman #wolfman #wolfmanmovie
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